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Assignment Calendar:
A online teacher-managed calendar:
http://assignaday.4teachers.org/

Book Discussion Groups:
100ThingsToDoWithABook.pdf
BookClubActivity and Rubric.pdf
Book Discussion Questions.pdf
Generic questions.pdf
Universal Questions.pdf



Calendar- Interactive Calendars for Teachers:
http://www.teachervision.fen.com/calendar/activity/47585.html?detoured=1

Classroom Timers:
http://www.online-stopwatch.com/large-stopwatch/
Timer.ppt
Timer-color.ppt
Timer_Sound.ppt
Creating a wikispace:
**http://www.wikispaces.com/site/tour#introduction**
**http://wwwwikispaces.com/site/for/teachers** (Note: There are NO ads on an educational wikispace!)

Free Resources (Source: LearnOutLoud.com)
LearnOutLoud.com presents the U.S. Presidents Podcast. Each episode will provide a brief biographical portrait of each president, explore the eras in which they led the country,
and access the historical significance they hold for us today. This is a podcast for those that wish to gain a complete knowledge of the commander in chief.
http://feeds.feedburner.com/USPresidentsPodcast

LearnOutLoud.com presents Podcasts of literary summaries of classic audiobooks, including Robinson Crusoe, Adventures in Wonderlans, Jane Eyre, and Pride and Prejudice.
http://feeds.feedburner.com/FreeAudiobookOfTheMonthPodcast

Revealing World Religions Podcast is offered by ThinkingStrings.com and features the narrated text of Revealing World Religions by Dr. Cynthia Eller of Montclair State University. This podcasted audio book features these 10 modules covering many of the World's Religions: Exploring Religion, Hinduism, Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism, Shinto, Judaism, Christianity, Islam and Religious Pluralism. All of these are currently available on the feed and work as introductions to these religious traditions.
http://thinkingstrings.com/podcasts/WR/WR.xml

This podcast takes eight motivational quotes from several sources and combines them into a thought for the day. For example, some themes include Procrastination, Sucess as a Journey, Motivation, etc. The podcasts are hosted/ narrated by Corey Wells.
http://feeds.feedburner.com/8quotescom

Learn Spanish Survival Guide Podcast. Everyday phrases one would you at a restaurant, in a taxi, at the movies. A very useful Spanish source for everyday expressions.
http://www.switchpod.com/users/david_spencer/feed.xml

Project Gutenberg, the first producer of free electronic books (ebooks).
http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page


Games (for the classroom)
BingoCard.htm
Guess The Covered Word.ppt
Holiday-Squares.ppt
Hollywood_Squares.ppt
Jeopardy.ppt
Password.ppt
Twenty Questions.ppt
Weakest Link.ppt
Wheel of Fortune.ppt

GoogleDocs! Great for teachers!


This Day in History
  • The Armagh Rail Disaster (1889) Yesterday
    In 1889, a Sunday school train excursion in Armagh, Ireland, turned tragic when the train stalled while climbing a steep hill. The crew decoupled the cars, intending to climb the hill with the first few cars and then pull the remaining cars separa...
  • The Le Mans Disaster (1955) Sunday
    The legendary 24 Hours of Le Mans motor race was created in 1923, when cars' top speeds hovered around 60 mph (97 km/h). Thirty years later, top speeds had more than tripled, with little change to the course. In the 1955 race, a narrow pass near t...
  • London's Millennium Bridge Opens, Promptly Closes (2000) Saturday
    When tens of thousands of pedestrians crossed the Thames River via London's Millennium Bridge on its opening day in 2000, many felt the steel suspension bridge sway, and the vibrations worsened as people adjusted their gaits to the motion. Nicknam...

RUBRIC makers:
Free:
Suitable Rubrics and worksheets for evaluating projects
http://www.teach-nology.com/platinum/samples/rubrics/ (subscription)
Guide to scoring Rubrics:
http://www.opencolleges.edu.au/informed/teacher-resources/guide-to-scoring-rubrics/

Screencasting in the classroom:
http://www.schrockguide.net/screencasting.html